Poaceae
Festuca alpina
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Festuca
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- فستوكة ألبية
- Chinese
- 阿尔卑斯羊茅
- Czech
- Kostřava alpská
- German
- Alpen-Schwingel
Synonyms
- Festuca alpina subsp. riverae Chas, Kerguélen & Plonka
- Festuca alpina var. gaucheri (St.-Yves) Kerguélen
- Festuca alpina var. subviolacea Ducommun
- Festuca alpina var. suteri St.-Yves
- Festuca alpina var. viridis Ducommun
- Festuca malyi Widder
- Festuca micevskiana Kostad.
- Festuca ovina subsp. alpina (Suter) Hack.
- Festuca ovina var. alpina (Suter) Wimm. & Grab.
- Festuca ovina var. djurdjurae (Trab.) St.-Yves
- Festuca ovina var. gaucheri St.-Yves
- Festuca ovina var. suteri St.-Yves
- Poa ovina var. alpina (Suter) Wimm. & Grab.
Photos

Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.